Education and Psychological Distress of Older Chinese

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1170-1198

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Huashuai ^b,c   Feng, Qiushi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; distress; education; subgroup variations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84940537549     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315577589     Document Type: Article

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